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Definition of Comical
1. Adjective. Arousing or provoking laughter. "Risible courtroom antics"
Similar to: Humorous, Humourous
Derivative terms: Comedy, Comic, Comedy, Comedy, Comicality, Fun, Funniness, Laugh, Mirthfulness, Risibility
Definition of Comical
1. a. Relating to comedy.
Definition of Comical
1. Adjective. (archaic) Originally, relating to comedy. ¹
2. Adjective. Being funny, whimsically amusing. ¹
3. Adjective. Being laughable, ridiculous. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Comical
1. funny [adj] - See also: funny
Lexicographical Neighbors of Comical
Literary usage of Comical
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1857)
"Old comical was as bald os a doll, and his pate was seamed and lined all over with а
... After a series of extraordinarily facetious adventures, Old comical ..."
2. The History of Don Quixote of la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, John G. Lockhart, Ricardo de los Ríos (1881)
"... TRULY comical PASSAGES. DON QUIXOTE had not travelled far, when he was overtaken
by two men that looked like students or ecclesiastics, with two farmers ..."
3. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1901)
"comical History of Francion, Шб. This put me in mind of a ... Л-* for angels, it
is not comical enough to put them in ..."
4. The Antiquary by Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson (1880)
"To a philologist there is nothing comical in the sound of an expiring language ;
but not so to the peasant. Everything strange to him is ridiculous ..."
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